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3.1.77 LyricExtender

An extender line in lyrics.

LyricExtender objects are created by the following engraver(s): Extender_engraver.

Standard settings:

minimum-length (dimension, in staff space):

1.5

Try to make a spanner at least this long, normally in the horizontal direction. This requires an appropriate callback for the springs-and-rods property. If added to a Tie, this sets the minimum distance between noteheads.

remove-short-autoextender (boolean):

#t

If set, auto-generated unbroken lyric extenders are removed if the lyric syllable stretches up to the last contained note head.

stencil (stencil):

ly:lyric-extender::print

The symbol to print.

thickness (number):

0.8

For grobs made up of lines, this is the thickness of the line. For slurs and ties, this is the distance between the two arcs of the curve’s outline at its thickest point, not counting the diameter of the virtual “pen” that draws the arcs. This property is expressed as a multiple of the current staff-line thickness (i.e., the visual output is influenced by changes to Staff.StaffSymbol.thickness).

This object supports the following interface(s): grob-interface, lyric-extender-interface, lyric-interface and spanner-interface.

This object is of class Spanner (characterized by spanner-interface).